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Title: An alternative view of IKB Post by: chuffed on May 06, 2019, 08:01:20 Bit difficult to know where to put this ! Mods please move if you can think of a better place !
Most interesting article in Bank Holiday Monday Bristol Evening Post. I cannot get the link to work in order to post here. If someone else can, that's fine ! Title: Re: An alternative view of IKB Post by: GBM on May 06, 2019, 08:44:11 Bit difficult to know where to put this ! Mods please move if you can think of a better place ! https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/isambards-father-mark-brunel-actually-2829156Most interesting article in Bank Holiday Monday Bristol Evening Post. I cannot get the link to work in order to post here. If someone else can, that's fine ! (Usual click throughs..) Quote Why Isambard's father Mark Brunel was actually the real genius While we are all impressed by the genius of Isambard, his father paved the way While we are all impressed by the genius of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and while Bristol in particular owes a great deal to him, it means that his equally remarkable father is often overlooked Eugene Byrne looks at the life and times of Marc Brunel, born 250 years ago this week. Quote “The career of Brunel,” wrote Samuel Smiles, “was of a more romantic character than falls to the ordinary lot of mechanical engineers.” He wasn’t talking about Isambard, but of Isambard’s father. ... Edit - grahame Many thanks for the working link GBM. Marc and Ismbard Brunel's lives are a fascinating story ... but I have trimmed back your quote as I think we're getting beyond "quoting for review" and more into "pinching someone's content" by carrying the whole article here. Always a difficult line to draw; now that the link is working I would encourage members to follow it and read Eugene Byrne's full text. An excellent piece! Title: Re: An alternative view of IKB Post by: CyclingSid on May 07, 2019, 07:50:36 Often feel that the father is overlooked because of the fame of his son.
Portsmouth Block Mills were an important part of the mechanisation of industry, and saving money for an increasingly technological Royal Navy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth_Block_Mills (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth_Block_Mills). Worth trying to see a copy of "Support for the Fleet" by Jonathen Coad and published by Historic England. Had the opportunity to walk the Thames Tunnel when they were rebuilding what became the Overground line. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |